gcls_citycode_1898_ 0129

ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GREENVILLE. 129

tern (pan closets being absolutely prohibited) and should
be supplied from a special tank placed over them, in
which place the waste or overflow from the tank must
discharge into the open air of the basin of the closet and
not into the soil pipe directly. Direct service of the
water closet is prohibited. All interior water closet
compartments should be ventilated into air shafts where
possible.
STRAINERS.
SEC. 27. All exit pipes from kitchen sinks shall be
covered by a strong perforated metalic strainer, securely
fastened to sink mesh, not over one-fourth of an inch in
diameter to prevent any improper substance from enter-
ing the sewer.
(Amendment, 1st December, 1896.)
SEC. 28. No person shall place, or suffer to be placed,
any bulky substance in any sewer opening or in any
house connections or private drains connecting with any
public main or lateral sewer, or any substance having a
tendency to obstruct the free flowage of said sewers or
to damage them in any way.
PENALTY.
Sec. 20. Any person violating any of these rules and
regulations shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in any
sum not exceeding fifty dollars, nor less than ten dollars,
or imprisonment for a period of not exceeding twenty
days, or by both, such fine and imprisonment at the dis-
cretion of the court.
Ratified June 1st, 1892.
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SEWERAGE.
AN ORDINANCE to Require Real Estate Owers to Make
Connection with the City Sewerage System.

SEC. 1. That it shall be the duty of each owner of
real estate on any street, alley or public square in the
city of Greenville which is provided with a public sewer

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